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Took me a few tries, but this is my current best.

Fana: "you're getting a bunch of resistance probably because you're condemning the person wearing blue socks, to some people that's offensive and you look like a dick." I never "condemned" anyone, I pointed out stupid and counterproductive actions as stupid and counterproductive. And that...

Fana: "It depends if you collectively act like pussies they'll take you over, look in mexico, the mormons fight the gangsters off but a lot of people just accept it, the lack of solidarity makes it easier for them to kill a bunch and put their bodies in the street." I don't even own blue...

Fana: "yeah it's more than that it's like a gangster that gets angry with you if you wear blue socks." OK then, so your solution is to wear shorts with knee-high blue socks, blue socks on your hands and a t-shirt with a picture of a blue sock on it. How does that get the gangster off your back?

Fana: "political Islam exists and it acts like a gangster from time to time and they try to hold sway against the law the same way gangsters do, Christianity used to be the highest law and what you would call needlessly antagonistic behavior allowed you a moderate position to begin with." So...

Fana: "nobody does because you're a contradictory mess that try's to live in these tiny gaps." This is an empty non-statement completely void of meaning. It's an excuse you're making to justify dismissing my views. Fana: "also it's not "extremists" that's another aspect of the problem...

I thought you would like that part.

Quaid: "What if I'm an artist in Toronto who wishes to draw Muhammad, Jesus, and other religious icons in homoerotic poses to make a political statement about religion's relationship with LGBTQ rights? Is that a good enough reason for extremists to just ignore me? After all, I'm not just 'being...

Quaid: "The solution to the problem is not to avoid drawing Muhammad. It is to draw him thousands of times. So many times that it would be absurd to fight it. Hopefully this brave event, and those like it, are just sparks that ignite a wildfire of Terrorist Tentacock Muhammad Hentai."...

Doc: "In Tanoomba's world, one of these is a valid political protest by an oppressed minority and the other is the dominant elite just being assholes." Wrong again, doc. Guess you don't know shit about "my world".

Seb: "You can be flippant and sarcastic, but they are literally just drawing cartoons. One side has arbitrarily decided that this is not okay for no good reason. There are perfectly good reasons to draw Muhammad. Not so much for eating shit sandwiches. It's curious that in a situation like...

Seb: "They are not being assholes. They are drawing cartoons. People getting upset to the point of violence over other people drawing cartoons is the problem. Acquiescing to their threats of violence does not solve anything. Drawing the cartoons that upset them does. It makes the act mundane...

Quaid: "Well Seb, he is willing to hold positions like this, so I'm not sure a meaningful conversation is possible. I bet the people buried under the WTC feel super powerful right now." Classy. It's already illegal to use violence to infringe on people's rights. You get that, right? You...

No, Seb, I have no interest in arguing semantics as far as defining "political protest" is concerned. I will say, however, that the definition I chose was in fact recognized and accepted by Quaid, so your "it's not recognized by anyone here" crack is incorrect. I will remind you that I have...

Quaid: "The only thing that distinguishes a group as 'elite' is their possession of various kinds of power. Power is situational. You are incorrect." Muslim extremists have no power over us, situational or otherwise. They are not the dominant elite.

Still doesn't make them the dominant elite (not even close).

Thanks for stopping by, Doc. You're always welcome.

Seananigans: "Drinking to excess around the opposite sex really only has one purpose in our society. It is undoubtedly to facilitate the sexings. To argue otherwise is ignorant and naive." Ha ha ha holy shit.

Lejina: "Well right now whenever a woman cries rape, whoever it is directed to is considered guilty of the crime by the population at large before any proceedings are started." Population at large? Not if this board is any indication.

Just backed this. First time I've ever contributed to a Kickstarter project, but all signs indicate the game will be awesome.

Seb: "There is no question about it. It was a political protest. Feel free to google the definitions for 'politics' and 'protest' if you need to. I can also take your hand and explain to you what these people were specifically protesting, and how those things are political. Let me know what you...

Seb: "This Draw Muhammad event was obviously a political protest." Repeating this doesn't make it so. Besides, even if it WAS, it only made the problem worse, which supports my point.

Lith: "People making fun of this group are trying to socialize them into a more normal range of not being ridiculous." ...and failing.

AngryGerbil: "The most iconic image of the last century to depict, in a singular nutshell, why you cannot appease murderous radicals with words and feels and politieness and wouldn't you know it... Lumieoomba has never even heard of it." Funny, I was never suggesting "appeasing murderous...

Ah. So... irrelevant, then. Thanks for that, I guess.

Explain pls

Quaid: "Made things worse according to who? By my count there are two less theist extremist cretins sharing my air. Sounds like a win to me." And how many theist extremists were recruited after the failed attack, do you think? Do you honestly not think the extremists are going to use events...

It's extremely relevant to my main point that "going out of your way to piss people off" only makes things worse. That IS what I've been saying all this time, right? If you're going to try to contradict me by saying "It wasn't just to piss people off, it was a political protest!" while ignoring...

Still didn't answer my question, Quaid. It's a valid question EVEN IF I accept your definition of "dominant elite" (which I don't).

Quaid: "I'll happily use his definition. Unfortunately for him, he's still wrong. Muslim extremists are a dominant elite class with regards to their willingness and ability to exercise coercion through physical force over the Western civilian population. Violence is every bit a resource as...

Quaid: "And get ready for the next ten pages of defining the words 'politics' and 'protest'." Ten pages? As I've already said, a political protest is an action taken against a DOMINANT ELITE. Muslim extremists are neither dominant nor an elite, ESPECIALLY in North America. Any redefining from...

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest.

Citation needed.

Quaid: "I'm actually not suggesting that. The constitution doesn't have to be 'changed' for an American's rights to be infringed upon. If the American populace curtails their freedom under fear of violent reprisal, then yes, they are being subjected to oppressive force. A group peacefully...

Quaid: "Muslim extremists are indeed a group dominant over the North American populace. Violence, and the willingness to wield it in pursuit of your goals, is the ultimate instrument of political power. In this case, Muslims are not the oppressed group; they are the oppressors. They are using...

Quaid: "ISIS, and those who hold similar values, are a violent pressure group who hold influence over the rights of others. They are using violent coercion to subvert these rights (freedom of expression), in the name of their own ideaology (Islam). Gathering together and defying the core...

Quaid: "So was the 'Draw Mohammed' competition." How do you figure?

Dr. Mario: "Boston Tea party." The Boston Tea Party was a political protest.

Vorph: "Same weepy asshole who reviewed Bayonetta 2 with a river of tears about sexism and soggy knees, so you can probably guess how his Witcher review will turn out. Hand-wringing about the treatment of women isn't enough this time though, so there's also some nice outrage over the game's lack...